Sealing device for money-bags.



15.881,407. PATBNTED MAR. 10, 190s. M. E. JEWETT. SBALING DEVICE POR MONEY BAGS. APPLIoA'lfIoN FILED MAR'. 21. 1907.

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THE NQNRIS PETERS C0., WASHINGTON, D4 C4 MILFORD E. HEWETT, O F KEOKUK, IOWA.

SALING- DEVICE FOR MONEY-BAGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1908.k

Application filed March 21, 1907 Serial o. 363,748.

To all whom it may concera:

Be it known that I, MILFORD E. JEWETT, a citizen of the United States of America, re-

l siding in Keokuk, in the county of -Lee 'and State of Iowa, have invented Certain new and useful Improvements in Safety Money- Bag-Sealing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates -to a sealing device for money bags, the invention having for its object to provide a sealing device of such protective nature that a money bag cannot be opened by unauthorized persons after it has been vsealed without detection of such opening by the party having the bag in safe keeping or a party to whom the bag has been transmitted and who therefore is an authorized person to open it.

A further object of my invention is to provide a sealing device which may be readily put to use without employment of any implement to secure it in place upon the means by which the mouth of the bag is closed,

thereby avoiding time and trouble and eX- pense in the application of the sealing device.

Figure I is an elevation of the upper portion of the money bag in unsealed condition with my tying and sealing means applied thereto in readiness for the tying and sealing of the bag. Fig. II'is an elevation of the parts shown in Fig. I with the bag` shown tied and sealed. Fig. .III is a longitudinal section through my seal. Fig. IV is an end view of the seal. Fig. V is an enlarged elevation of the tie and seal. Fig. VI is a view in elevation Vof a modified form of the seal.

. Fig. VII is a cross section taken through the seal shown in Fig. VI. Fig. VIII is a perspective view of another modified form of the seal. .Fig IX is a longitudinal section taken through another modified form of the seal.

A designates a bag such as commonly used by banks or others handling large quantities of money which is placed in the bags for safe keeping or for transportation from place -to place. 1

1 designates a tie which is preferably in the form of a cord made of fabric but may be of any other desirable form in so long as it is susceptible of serving the purpose of a means for holding the mouth of the money bag in a closed condition by threading it through the this character. The tie l has interwoven thereinto and projecting from it at some given point a label 2 that forms an integral part of the tie and cannot be displaced therefrom without information being thereby furnished to the effect that the tie has been tampered with. This label is designed to bear an inscription of any desirable character, such as the name of the bank or other concern by which the tie is applied i to a money bag, see Figs. II and V., or such, for instance, as a designating number that may be employed as a means of identification of the bag and its contents.

3 designates a seal for application to the tie 1 and through the medium of which said tie is held from removal from the money bag after it has been applied to the bag. This seal comprises a block of any suitable material having a plurality of channels 4, preferably two in number, extending therethrough and having interior thereof in said channels a plurality of inclined barbs 5 formed in one piece therewith and projecting in the same direction as that in which the portions of the tie are inserted. The barbs just referred to and as employed in the construction of seal shown in Figs. I to VIII inclusive, project in uniform direction in the diHerent channels through the seal in order that they will resist the withdrawal of portions of the tie when passed through said channels in a common direction.

In the modification shown in Fig. IX, however, the seal 3 has the channels 4 and the barbs 5 in one channel project in one direction while the corresponding barbs in the other channel project in the opposite direction to that of those in the first named channel. Therefore, the tie may be passed in one direction through one channel and in the other direction through the other channel and when the portions of the ties in each channel are drawn up tightly so that there is resistance against further movement of either portion of the tie in its respective channel in al forward direction it is impossible to withdraw the tie in a rearward direction, due to the entrance of the barbs into the tie.

The seal illustrated in Figs. I to V inclusive, is constructed of a single piece and may be produced by casting it in either metal,

bag, as is commonly done in tying bags of barbed at their inner sides and are united by rivets 3b, thereby rendering the seal of rigid The seal is then 'quickly applied to both ol form notwithstanding the fact that it is composed of a multiple oi' parts. The seal 3C illustrated in Fig. VIII is produced from a single piece of' sheet material which is folded together centrally and longitudinally for the purpose of providing cylindrical members through Which the bag tie is passed, and the barbs 5C are produced by cut-out portions of the sheet metal.

In the use of my bag sealing device, the tie may be seWed or threaded through the money bag in any desirable manner and after it has been passed through the bag the seal is applied to the tie upon projecting portions thereof which, by being passed through the channels of the seal in direction corresponding to those in Which the barbs in the channels of the seal point, are eflectually restrained insuch channels to prevent the removal ofthe tie after the seal has been drawn tightly to the bag. I prefer to apply the tie to the seal in the manner illustrated in Figs. I and II in doing which a hooked needle is applied to the tie at the central point, or in other Words, a loop of the tie, and the tie is thereby sewed through the bag into the position illustrated in Fig.' I. The tie may at this time have the seal located upon one of its ends as seen in Fig. I. The mouth of the bagI is then contracted and the 'projecting loop which has been drawn through the bag, is passed over the contracted mouth and one of the ends of the tie is passed over said loop While the other end remains beneath the loop.

the projecting ends of the tie and moved on said ends until it is brought tightly to the point at which the ends of the tie cross the loop of the tie and, it being understood that the barbs Within the seal point in a direction away from the mouth of the bag, the seall is caused to tightly grip both ends ol the tie and be held from movement thereon with the result of e'l'lectually securing the tie from disi connection with the bag except by destruction of the tie or seal.

I claim:

l. A bag seal comprising a tie and a channeled block having a plurality of projections located interiorly thereof and inclined toward one end of the block in order that the tie may be inserted through the block toward the end of the block to which the projections point and from the opposite end.

2. A bag seal comprising a channeled block having barbs located interiorly thereof, and integral with the block g said barbs being inclined relative to the wall ol' the block and extending longitudinally of the channel in said block.

3. In a bag sealing device, the combination of a tie, and a seal for application to said tie provided with a plurality of channels and having inclined barbs located in said chan nels, substantially as set l'orth.

MILFORD E. JEIVIGT'l.

In the presence ofi LILY RAs'r, HOWARD G. Coon. 

